Plants small to medium, loosely caespitose, yellow-green; terricolous. Stems julaceous, 10-20 mm high; in section subround, central strand of medium size, inner cortical cells in 2-3 rows, thin-walled, outer cortical cells in 2-4 rows, stereids. Leaves appressed with flexuose subulae wet or dry; oblong, 1.4-1.8 mm long; apex gradually subulate; base sheathing; margins plane, entire. Costa filling subula; in section guide cells 6-8, exposed ventrally, dorsal stereid band strong, in 3 rows, dorsal surface cells substereids, with minute, blunt papillae covering dorsal surface of costa and lamina. Upper laminal cells rhomboidal to fusiform, weakly sinuolate, strongly incrassate, minutely papillose dorsally (visible in section only); basal cells rhomboidal to rectangular, weakly thickened. Sporophyte not known in Southern Africa.
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